February 21st

I..am so..worn out.

I missed the first half of Milk. It was unavoidable.

But the half I DID see was incredible.

Twere I a betting man I'd say it would take the Oscar for best picture.

With that being said, my personal favorite is The Reader.

Slumdog..not so much. I mean. It was good. Maybe I was just too spent to really enjoy it. It was a really intense film. But so..dirty. Like in a dirt way. I know that was the point. But wow. Yeah.

I'll make some opinions tomorrow.

I ate so much popcorn.

And I drank

so much Diet Coke.

I sat there.

And learned.

Absorbed the glory of film, so to speak.

But I digress.

It's almost (d)one.

And I need to wake up early tomorrow.

I don't know if that is physically possible.

So much movie to process...

BENJAMIN BUTTON.

WOW. SO GOOD. I LOVE YOU DAVID FINCHERRRRR...

But just not good enough. No, that's mean. It was awesome. But I got the feeling it was just eye-candy..ing Brad Pitt most of the time. It had some very memorable moments though. That sub..wow. Yeah, I won't spoil anything.

Frost/Nixon. I mean, what can I say? For what it was, it was a remarkable achievement. But, I'm just a sucker for depressing WWII nazi crime romance dramas.

I smell like popcorn. I need to remedy this by the morning, so I'm leaving it at that. Happy Oscaring!

February 20th

I wish I had thought of this first.

I've been really hungry today. Which is kind of fun, except I'm not in the possession of much food at the moment. I could really go for a huge plate of pasta right now...or like..a pile of mashed potatoes.

I've been trying to figure out maya pretty much all day. I CAN'T UNDERSTANDDD. It's terrible. I have trouble doing even the most rudimentary things. And I'm not even sure how to learn how to learn. So, it's going to take a while.

It doesn't help that other people can do things like

ANIMATIONEDUCATION

THIS. I just saw this today. It's pretty much the most incredible thing I have ever seen in my entire life. I WANT to be angry at it, but it's just so good that I just...can't. Even the two seconds of 2-d animation is eye-popping-ly good.

Anyways.

The clock is still running.

Those Crest Teeth-Whitening strips are amazing. Expensive, but worth it.


That's all for today.

February 19th

Blog. Let's do this.

My roomy keeps clogging the drain. It's not like he doesn't realize it either. He'll come out of the shower and announce the drain is clogged. So I'll go in there to check it out and it's good foot and a half deep of soapy water. And I'm like, really? You couldn't have just stopping the water when you noticed it wasn't draining anymore? Three times I have had to remove his hair from the drain. AND NO MORE i say.

People have been doing weird things lately. I'm not the type to notice these kinds of things, but everyone is cutting their hair. I can't figure it out! And they're all going for the eccentric, non-conformist hair styles. What happened to the crew cut. I'm afraid we are entering an era of poorly planned fashion statements.

I am the type to notice that people are becoming more and more mentally-impaired. My dad just dropped something in the kitchen, and let out a long sequence of swearing. He then tried to blame it on my mom for stacking them in a way that would purposely make them fall. Calmly and confidently she replies "Do you always have to swear when you drop something?" Response: "Only when something stupid happens." What kind of a retort is that? I don't understand!! My (other) roommate was talking to an advisor on the phone who asked him what his GPA was. "3.5 something" She asks him what grades he got last semester. "One B, Two C's, and a F." That. is. not. a. 3.5. My god. We were playing pictionary in my art class today and a girl had the location of "Panama Canal." She drew it in southern Brazil. Southern!!! Why!!! In my econ class we were talking about how Japan managed to have such a quick turnaround from a developing country to a financial power. This lecture went on for at least ten minutes when the teacher asks "What other developing countries have made a comeback in a short amount of time. A kid in the back raises his hand and suggests Japan. HOW. COULD. YOU. NOT. HAVE. BEEN. LISTENING. FOR. THAT. LONG.


Okay, sorry. I'm done with that. That's been building up for a while. But really.


I like this.

ANIMATIONEDUCATION

Edgar Allan Poe. We are on a role for scary animated shorts. I can't remember the name of one of my favorites (sadly) but I'll see what I can dig up tomorrow.

February 18th

ANIMATIONEDUCATION.

Today we start with this. You'd be surprised how relatively few people are able to pull something like that off. I mean, with the internet and everything we see things like that all the time. But really, there are just a handful of people that are that gifted. Not even to mention the story.


Aw man, I said I was going to put some charts and graphs on this post.


...

I should have been thinking about this before I started typing.

Okay, let's take a break while I cook something up...













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OKAY!




Man, that is one vibrant graph.


Just one more day of school..


and then...

WEEKEND!!


YEAH!!!

And the Oscars. Which should be awesome.

My R.A. is running down the hallway yelling "HALLWAY DANCE PARTY NEXT WEEKEND," over and over. That doesn't even make sense. But his name is Derek. And he's my friend.

Everyone is rushing for frats. I don't even know what that means. Well, I do. But not really, because I don't care. It's such a weird idea..frats. I don't know. I'm not a frat person.


In my class a couple days ago I was sitting with my group, and a girl asks me if I was in a frat. No. Delta Phi Capa whatever? Yeah, no not me. But she insists that I am. And I keep saying no. So she asks me if I've ever been to a frat party. No I say! Leave me alone I say in my mind! And so everytime I go to that class now she keeps looking at me. Like I'm in a frat. And no I say in my mind. No, no, no! But it's too late. The deed has been done. In her eyes, I'm nothing more than a frat bro.

February 17th

I can't believe I didn't get sick. Usually, I'm the canary in the population. I get sick first, and then I know everyone else is going to get sick soon, too. I don't know what happened, but everyone now is sick except for me. Hoopah!

But while I remained physically strong, I must confess I suffer from a terrible mental illness. What is this illness you may ask? Intro to Design. Like a plague it torments me. Basically everything about that class is the opposite of how I would like to spend my Mon/Wed mornings. So, I'm dropping it.

Like it's hot.

This is a big deal for me.




You know, I said I was going to put on some charts and graphs when I made this thing, and then I never did. What is that? Tomorrow, you can expect some awesome graphs/charts. Be prepared.


We learned about the history of computer animation today. Jeez.

Talk about not..fun...at all. I can't imagine anything more painstakingly time-consuming and under-impressive. It's really kind of said. Especially since it all happened in the 80's so everything was ..frizzy and ..neon..y. bleh.


I love my visual storytelling class. I have to put out and edit a new short in a week, but I'm so thrilled with how much I dig the class that I really don't mind the stress.

I'm going to go hang out with my peeps upstairs.


I've kept you waiting long enough.

February 16th

Huntington Library











My phone takes awesome pictures.

So, blog. Today we get real.



I had a heachache a couple minutes ago, but I took a nap and drank some kool-aid and now it's all better. What's up with that?

sigh..

I kind of wish I had a tv. I mean, yeah sure. There is a tv in my room. But it's not mine. It's Jake's. I mean he said I could use it, but it's just the principle of the matter. And you know how that is.

I miss my friends. I'm not going to hold it back. WHERE DID YOU GUYS GOOOOooo. I keep thinking how much fun it was to be sitting in class after some teacher had stopped lecturing, and I would take out my sketchbook and start doodling. And people would come over and say if they liked it and give me feedback on things. Just..things, but it was just so much more meaningful to impress people from high school. Now it's just kind of..ehhhhh...meehhhh Maybe I'm just poorly adjusting to college. It's funny though because I think this was one of my problems in high school too. I tried to make friends by getting really good at art. I kind of thought the next step in the process would be that people would want to hang out with me. Because I was just so cool and could draw crap. which, well, nah. didn't work out. I'm listening to a really dramatic song right now, so I'm writing influenced by song.

So I'm going to stop there.

Uhhh.




I have art history tonight.

I like that class.

At the beginning of the last class, he was like "after we finish our discussion we'll watch star wars to see how it relates to what we talked about."

And he keeps mentioning how it's just a couple minutes to Star Wars. Just a couple minutes more, hang in there. And the whole class is riveted. We've been in there for like 2 hours, and it's all anyone can think about. He dims the lights and

We watch a 15 second clip. Of Luke getting shot with that laser ball thing.

You have to appreciate a teacher with that cruel a sense of humor.



I love Chapman.

but sometimes...

I wish those Red Bull Girls were still here...




I just don't understand where you guys went...

February 15th

I do not like waking up late. I used to, though. But in recent years, I feel like the day is such a waste if I wake up past 10. Today I woke up at 1. The other one. The almost-dinner one.

I went shopping today for my younger cousin. He wanted a cool shirt. Usually I'd be on top of that, no problem. But for some bizarre reason, NO shops had any "cool" t-shirts. I seriously spent 3 hours in the mall with my mom looking at t-shirts.

I got a cool new Heritage jacket and belt, while I was at it though.

Pictures!










From our trip to Huntington Beach last Friday.

Something that's been bothering me-- study abroad. I really want to. But honestly, it's kind of intimidating. I don't know if I can handle it. But if I don't go now, I'm pretty sure I won't have the guts to do it any other time in my life. I'll have a permanently-stunted voyaging life.

Which isn't good at all.

But I was thinking.

I tend to uphold the promises I make on this blog. I don't really know why. But whatevEVRSO, I'm making a promise that I WILL study abroad during my time in college. For an undetermined amount of time.

I've been thinking southern France, personally. But I don't know if that will pan out.